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Their alloy enduro bike is around 17.5 kg, so 2.5kg motor + 3.7kg + e system components should be around 24.5 kg / 53 lbs +-

Exactly this. I expect due to the way they manufacture frames that spares will be available indefinitely and their customer service will be better than the big brands. They should be able to offer a better experience if anything goes wrong and the frames are well engineered and very durable.

The rear triangle is actually 2 triangles then connected with a bridge its not 1. But you argument is bizarre, what happens when you bend/crack any VPP style rear triangle? Its not unique to Atherton. Also talking to some of the Dyfi guys, good luck breaking these bikes. The one thing I will say is their as indestructible as they come. Some of the trail crew got given the prototypes and they just said go destroy them, not a single one (to my knowledge) has failed.

Waves at fellow Wrexhamite. 🤪

So who is going to get the 5 team season long wild cards?? The teams below are most likely the teams without enough points. Gamux Factory I am assuming is gone due to AON. Cube I think they said no WC racing for them. So one of the remaining teams get pushed out. My guess would be Gravity Cartel doesnt get the team card but that Deprela gets a card. Pivot would be my second guess Scott Downhill Factory 1557 16 Continental Atherton 1273 17 Goodman SantaCruz 1154 18 Gravity Cartel-Rogue 1149 19 Pivot Factory Racing 1096 20 Yeti/Fox Factory...

Best use of photo editing related software, ever.

Good catch. I basically went through the UCI rankings and put down anyone I recognized or had a lot of points. Then other people were adding and removing a ton of riders too. He doesn't have any UCI points so I must have missed him, or somebody deleted him. I'll fix that.

Jenna won as many races as Jake Jewett last year. ...and she won the Women's Elite New Zealand Continental Series race this last weekend beating Sascha Earnest who by many accounts is a podium threat for this upcoming women's World Cup season. It's fun to pretend she's only around because her and BK are together, but I think a tough couple seasons for injuries made us forget that she's actually pretty fast and was a Junior World Champ.

New rumor I think? Milatul Khaqimah of Indonesia, with 420 pts (top ranked rider without a team in any category, except for Veronika Widmann) was put on Intense Factory in the spreadsheet by somebody. I looked into it, and she has very few followers on Instagram, and barely any from europe/north america. But... Joe Breeden, Lou Ferg, Mille Johnset, and Oscar Griffiths all follow her.

Well I reckon that's the coolest bike in the world at the moment